Access to the 1st qualifying round is granted to 3 Fair Play teams. In the Europa League qualifying rounds the teams will be no longer be divided into regional groups (as used previously in the UEFA Cup).
The Europa League cup-holder spot will not be used because Shakhtar Donetsk already qualified for the Champions League. This implies that the 4th qualifying round is extended with an extra match. This is accomplised when the cup winners of the 16th and 17th countries on the ranking list (FC Sion, Switzerland and Litex Lovech, Bulgaria) have direct access to the 4th qualifying round, the cup winners of the 28th and 29th countries on the ranking list (APOP Kinyras Peyias, Cyprus and IB Ljubljana, Slovenia) have direct access to the 3rd qualifying round, and the 2nd Europa League team of the 35th and 36th countries on the ranking list (Derry City, Ireland and Milano Kumanovo, Macedonia) and the cup winners of Andorra (Santa Coloma) and San Marino (Juvenes Dogana) have direct access to the 2nd qualifying round of the Europa League.
| 1st Qualifying Round (46 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- Rosenborg BK Nor 28.760 Renova Dzepciste Mac 1.033 Anorthosis Famagusta Cyp 12.016 Inter Baku Azb 0.899 Helsingborg IF Swe 9.938 Simurq Zaqatala Azb 0.899 Motherwell Sco 5.575 Trans Narva Est 0.866 Randers FC Den 4.890 Kalju Nomme Est 0.866 Bnei Yehuda Isr 3.050 Vllaznia Shkodër Alb 0.799 Spartak Trnava Svk 2.933 Dinamo Tirana Alb 0.799 Polonia Warsaw Pol 2.583 Irtysh Pavlodar Kaz 0.649 Slaven Koprivnica Cro 2.466 Okzhetpes Kokshetau Kaz 0.649 FC Lahti Fin 1.958 Mika Ashtarak Arm 0.599 Vetra Vilnius Lit 1.933 Banants Yerevan Arm 0.599 Sligo Rovers Irl 1.899 Llanelli FC Wal 0.466 Dinaburg Daugavpils Lat 1.832 The New Saints Wal 0.466 Rudar Velenje Slo 1.816 Linfield Belfast Nir 0.433 Dinamo Minsk Bls 1.733 Lisburn Distillery Nir 0.433 MTZ-Ripo Minsk Bls 1.733 B36 Torshavn Far 0.433 Siroki Brijeg Bos 1.733 NSI Runavik Far 0.433 Haladás Szombathely Hun 1.633 CS Grevenmacher Lux 0.266 Zimbru Chisinau Mol 1.333 UN Käerjeng Lux 0.266 Keflavik Isl 1.333 Buducnost Podgorica Mon 0.200 Fram Reykjavik Isl 1.333 Sutjeska Niksic Mon 0.200 Olimpi Rustavi Geo 1.332 Valletta FC Mlt 0.099 FC Zestafoni Geo 1.332 Birkirkara Mlt 0.099 |
Unseeded teams in the 1st qualifying round that qualify for the next round take effectively the coefficient of their opponent in the next round: Vllaznia Shkodër replaced the seeded team Sligo Rovers (1.899), and Valletta FC replaced the seeded team Keflavik (1.333). The reason for this is that the draw for the 2nd qualifying round is made before the results of the 1st qualifying round are known.
| 2nd Qualifying Round (80 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- Steaua Bucuresti Rom 53.781 FC Lahti * Fin 1.958 FC Basel Sui 51.050 Suduva Marijampole Lit 1.933 Galatasaray Tur 33.445 FBK Kaunas Lit 1.933 Rosenborg BK * Nor 28.760 Vetra Vilnius * Lit 1.933 AaB Aalborg Den 24.890 Vllaznia Shkodër * Alb 1.899 Red Star Belgrade Srb 12.050 Metalurgs Liepaja Lat 1.832 Anorthosis Famagusta * Cyp 12.016 Skonto Riga Lat 1.832 Brøndby IF Den 10.890 Dinaburg Daugavpils * Lat 1.832 Metalurg Donetsk Ukr 10.370 Rudar Velenje * Slo 1.816 Helsingborg IF * Swe 9.938 Naftan Novopolotsk Bls 1.733 MSK Zilina Svk 8.933 Dinamo Minsk * Bls 1.733 Tromsø IL Nor 8.760 MTZ-Ripo Minsk * Bls 1.733 Rapid Wien Aut 8.565 Slavija Sarajevo Bos 1.733 Paços de Ferreira Por 8.292 FK Sarajevo Bos 1.733 NAC Breda Ned 7.826 Siroki Brijeg * Bos 1.733 AE Larissa Gre 7.633 Újpest TE Hun 1.633 IF Elfsborg Swe 6.938 Haladás Szombathely * Hun 1.633 Falkirk FC Sco 5.575 Dacia Chisinau Mol 1.333 Motherwell * Sco 5.575 Iskra-Stal Ribnita Mol 1.333 Cherno More Varna Bul 5.250 Zimbru Chisinau * Mol 1.333 AA Gent Bel 5.065 KR Reykjavik Isl 1.333 Randers FC * Den 4.890 Valletta FC * Mlt 1.333 Sigma Olomouc Cze 4.150 Fram Reykjavik * Isl 1.333 Legia Warsaw Pol 3.583 Olimpi Rustavi * Geo 1.332 Sturm Graz Aut 3.565 FC Zestafoni * Geo 1.332 Dinamo Tbilisi Geo 3.332 FC Vaduz Lie 1.100 FK Sevojno Srb 3.050 Milano Kumanovo Mac 1.033 Maccabi Netanya Isr 3.050 Garabag Agdam Azb 0.899 Bnei Yehuda * Isr 3.050 Flora Tallinn Est 0.866 Omonia Nicosia Cyp 3.016 KS Flamurtari Vlorë Alb 0.799 Spartak Trnava * Svk 2.933 Tobol Kustanai Kaz 0.649 St. Patrick's Athletic Irl 2.899 Gandzasar Kapan Arm 0.599 Derry City Irl 2.899 Bangor City Wal 0.466 Nova Gorica Slo 2.816 Crusaders Belfast Nir 0.433 Polonia Warsaw * Pol 2.583 HB Torshavn Far 0.433 NK Rijeka Cro 2.466 Differdange 03 Lux 0.266 Slaven Koprivnica * Cro 2.466 OFK Petrovac Mon 0.200 Rabotnicki Skopje Mac 2.033 Santa Coloma And 0.100 HJK Helsinki Fin 1.958 Sliema Wanderers Mlt 0.099 Honka Espoo Fin 1.958 Juvenes Dogana Sma 0.050 |
Unseeded teams in the 2nd qualifying round that qualify for the next round take effectively the coefficient of their opponent in the next round: Garabag Agdam replaced the seeded team Rosenborg BK (28.760), Slavija Sarajevo replaced the seeded team AaB Aalborg (24.890), OFK Petrovac replaced the seeded team Anorthosis Famagusta (12.016), KR Reykjavik replaced the seeded team AE Larissa (7.633), FC Vaduz replaced the seeded team Falkirk FC (5.575), FK Sarajevo replaced the seeded team Spartak Trnava (2.933), FC Lahti replaced the seeded team Nova Gorica (2.816), and Vetra Vilnius replaced the seeded team HJK Helsinki (1.958). The reason for this is that the draw for the 3rd qualifying round is made before the results of the 2nd qualifying round are known.
For the draw of the 3rd round the 70 teams are divided into 7 groups of 10 teams.
| 3rd Qualifying Round (70 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- AS Roma Ita 78.582 KR Reykjavik ** Isl 7.633 PSV Eindhoven Ned 75.826 IF Elfsborg ** Swe 6.938 Hamburger SV Ger 67.339 Young Boys Sui 6.050 Steaua Bucuresti ** Rom 53.781 FC Vaduz ** Lie 5.575 Fenerbahçe Tur 52.445 Motherwell * Sco 5.575 FC Basel ** Sui 51.050 Cherno More Varna ** Bul 5.250 Lille OSC Fra 47.033 AA Gent ** Bel 5.065 Sporting Braga Por 39.292 Randers FC * Den 4.890 Club Brugge Bel 34.065 Vålerengen IF Nor 4.760 Galatasaray ** Tur 33.445 Sigma Olomouc ** Cze 4.150 Austria Wien Aut 31.565 Fredrikstad FK Nor 3.760 Garabag Agdam ** Azb 28.760 Legia Warsaw ** Pol 3.583 Slavija Sarajevo ** Bos 24.890 Sturm Graz ** Aut 3.565 Metalist Kharkiv Ukr 24.370 Dinamo Tbilisi ** Geo 3.332 Athletic Bilbao Esp 23.853 Vojvodina Novi Sad Srb 3.050 Hapoel Tel-Aviv Isr 18.050 FK Sevojno ** Srb 3.050 Fulham FC Eng 15.899 Maccabi Netanya ** Isr 3.050 CSKA Sofia Bul 14.250 Bnei Yehuda * Isr 3.050 OB Odense Den 12.890 APOP Kinyras Peyias Cyp 3.016 Lech Poznan Pol 12.583 Omonia Nicosia ** Cyp 3.016 Slovan Liberec Cze 12.150 IFK Göteborg Swe 2.938 Red Star Belgrade ** Srb 12.050 MFK Kosice Svk 2.933 OFK Petrovac ** Mon 12.016 FK Sarajevo ** Bos 2.933 Aberdeen Sco 11.575 St. Patrick's Athletic** Irl 2.899 Krylia Sovetov Samara Rus 11.525 Derry City ** Irl 2.899 Brøndby IF ** Den 10.890 FC Lahti * Fin 2.816 Metalurg Donetsk ** Ukr 10.370 Polonia Warsaw * Pol 2.583 Helsingborg IF * Swe 9.938 Hajduk Split Cro 2.466 FC Vaslui Rom 9.781 NK Rijeka ** Cro 2.466 PAOK Thessaloniki Gre 9.633 Slaven Koprivnica * Cro 2.466 MSK Zilina ** Svk 8.933 Rabotnicki Skopje ** Mac 2.033 Tromsø IL ** Nor 8.760 Vetra Vilnius * Lit 1.958 Rapid Wien ** Aut 8.565 Honka Espoo ** Fin 1.958 Paços de Ferreira ** Por 8.292 IB Ljubljana Slo 1.816 NAC Breda ** Ned 7.826 Honvéd Budapest Hun 1.633 |
For the draw of the 4th qualifying round the 76 teams are divided into 8 groups of 8 to 10 teams.
| 4th Qualifying Round (76 teams) |
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Seeded teams coef. Unseeded teams coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- Werder Bremen Ger 91.339 Lech Poznan *3 Pol 12.583 Villarreal Esp 80.853 Genoa Ita 12.582 AS Roma *3 Ita 78.582 Slovan Liberec *3 Cze 12.150 PSV Eindhoven *3 Ned 75.826 Red Star Belgrade ** Srb 12.050 Shakhtar Donetsk @3 Ukr 74.370 Hearts FC Sco 11.575 Zenit St. Petersburg Rus 68.525 Brøndby IF ** Den 10.890 Hamburger SV *3 Ger 67.339 Trabzonspor Tur 10.445 Benfica Por 64.292 Metalurg Donetsk ** Ukr 10.370 Valencia Esp 59.853 En Avant Guingamp Fra 10.033 Ajax Ned 54.826 FC Vaslui *3 Rom 9.781 Steaua Bucuresti ** Rom 53.781 PAOK Thessaloniki *3 Gre 9.633 Fenerbahçe *3 Tur 52.445 Amkar Perm Rus 9.525 FC Basel ** Sui 51.050 Dinamo Moscow @3 Rus 9.525 Lille OSC *3 Fra 47.033 MSK Zilina ** Svk 8.933 Everton Eng 35.899 Tromsø IL ** Nor 8.760 Club Brugge *3 Bel 34.065 Rapid Wien ** Aut 8.565 Heerenveen Ned 33.826 Vorskla Poltava Ukr 8.370 Galatasaray ** Tur 33.445 FC Sion Sui 8.050 Austria Wien *3 Aut 31.565 NAC Breda ** Ned 7.826 Lazio Roma Ita 26.582 BATE Borisov @3 Bls 7.733 Hertha BSC Ger 26.339 Nacional Funchal Por 7.292 Sparta Praha @3 Cze 26.150 IF Elfsborg ** Swe 6.938 Dinamo Bucuresti Rom 25.781 Sivasspor @3 Tur 6.445 AEK Athens Gre 25.633 Racing Genk Bel 6.065 Slavia Praha @3 Cze 25.150 FK Teplice Cze 5.150 Metalist Kharkiv *3 Ukr 24.370 Sigma Olomouc ** Cze 4.150 Aston Villa Eng 23.899 Stabæk IF @3 Nor 3.760 Athletic Bilbao *3 Esp 23.853 Sturm Graz ** Aut 3.565 Partizan Belgrade @3 Srb 23.050 Bnei Yehuda * Isr 3.050 Hapoel Tel-Aviv *3 Isr 18.050 MFK Kosice *3 Svk 2.933 FC Twente Enschede @3 Ned 17.826 Slovan Bratislava @3 Svk 2.933 Dinamo Zagreb @3 Cro 16.466 St. Patrick's Athletic** Irl 2.899 Litex Lovech Bul 16.250 NK Maribor @3 Slo 2.816 Fulham FC *3 Eng 15.899 FK Sarajevo ** Bos 1.733 CSKA Sofia *3 Bul 14.250 Garabag Agdam ** Azb 0.899 Toulouse FC Fra 14.033 FK Baku @3 Azb 0.899 CFR Cluj Rom 13.781 Levadia Tallinn @3 Est 0.866 OB Odense *3 Den 12.890 FK Aktobe @3 Kaz 0.649 |
Once the 4th qualifying round (or play-off round) has been completed, the 48 remaining clubs are drawn into twelve groups of four. Clubs from the same association will not be drawn into the same group. A computer draw determines the final position of the teams within their group. These positions determine the order of the home and away matches. The following match sequence applies:
1st match day: 2 v 3 4th match day: 1 v 3
4 v 1 4 v 2
2nd match day: 1 v 2 5th match day: 3 v 2
3 v 4 1 v 4
3rd match day: 3 v 1 6th match day: 2 v 1
2 v 4 4 v 3
| Group Stage (48 teams) |
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Pot 1 coef. Pot 2 coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- Werder Bremen *4 Ger 91.339 Fenerbahçe *3 Tur 52.445 Villarreal *4 Esp 80.853 FC Basel ** Sui 51.050 AS Roma *3 Ita 78.582 Lille OSC *3 Fra 47.033 PSV Eindhoven *3 Ned 75.826 Celtic @4 Sco 40.575 Shakhtar Donetsk @3 Ukr 74.370 Everton *4 Eng 35.899 Sporting CP Lisbon @4 Por 68.292 Club Brugge *3 Bel 34.065 Hamburger SV *3 Ger 67.339 Heerenveen *4 Ned 33.826 Benfica *4 Por 64.292 Galatasaray ** Tur 33.445 Valencia *4 Esp 59.853 Anderlecht @4 Bel 32.065 Panathinaikos @4 Gre 56.633 Austria Wien *3 Aut 31.565 Ajax *4 Ned 54.826 FC København @4 Den 26.890 Steaua Bucuresti ** Rom 53.781 Lazio Roma *4 Ita 26.582 Pot 3 coef. Pot 4 coef. ------------------------ --- ------- ------------------------ --- ------- Hertha BSC *4 Ger 26.339 CSKA Sofia *3 Bul 14.250 Sparta Praha @3 Cze 26.150 Toulouse FC *4 Fra 14.033 Dinamo Bucuresti *4 Rom 25.781 CFR Cluj *4 Rom 13.781 AEK Athens *4 Gre 25.633 Genoa *4 Ita 12.582 Slavia Praha @3 Cze 25.150 Rapid Wien ** Aut 8.565 Levski Sofia @4 Bul 24.250 FC Timisoara @4 Rom 7.781 Athletic Bilbao *3 Esp 23.853 BATE Borisov @3 Bls 7.733 Partizan Belgrade @3 Srb 23.050 Nacional Funchal *4 Por 7.292 Hapoel Tel-Aviv *3 Isr 18.050 FC Salzburg @4 Aut 6.565 FC Twente Enschede @3 Ned 17.826 Sturm Graz ** Aut 3.565 Dinamo Zagreb @3 Cro 16.466 FK Ventspils @4 Lat 2.832 Fulham FC *3 Eng 15.899 Sheriff Tiraspol @4 Mol 1.333 |
The twelve group-winners and twelve runners-up of the group stage qualify for the second round. The clubs that finish this stage in third or fourth position in their group are eliminated. The 24 teams that qualify are joined with 8 teams from the Champions League who finsihed at the 3th position in the CL group.
The draw for the 2nd round takes the following rules into account:
a) Clubs from the same association must not be drawn against each other,
b) The 12 group-winners and the 4 best third-ranked teams in the Champions
League group stage are drawn against the 12 group runners-up and the
remaining third-ranked teams in the Champions League group stage,
c) The winners and runners-up of the same group cannot be drawn against each other,
d) Group-winners and the 4 best third-ranked in the Champions League
group stage play the return leg at home.
| Round 2 (32 teams) |
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12 EL group winners and 12 EL group runners-up and 4 best CL group third-ranked 4 worst CL group third-ranked ------------------------ --- ------------------------ --- Anderlecht @4 Bel Ajax *4 Ned Valencia *4 Esp Lille OSC *3 Fra Hapoel Tel-Aviv *3 Isr Hamburger SV *3 Ger Sporting CP Lisbon @4 Por Hertha BSC *4 Ger AS Roma *3 Ita Fulham FC *3 Eng Galatasaray ** Tur Panathinaikos @4 Gre FC Salzburg @4 Aut Villarreal *4 Esp Fenerbahçe *3 Tur FC Twente Enschede @3 Ned Benfica *4 Por Everton *4 Eng Shakhtar Donetsk @3 Ukr Club Brugge *3 Bel PSV Eindhoven *3 Ned FC København @4 Den Werder Bremen *4 Ger Athletic Bilbao *3 Esp Unirea Urziceni # Rom Liverpool # Eng Juventus # Ita Rubin Kazan # Rus VfL Wolfsburg # Ger Standard Liège # Bel Olympique Marseille # Fra Atlético Madrid # Esp |
For the draw of round 3, the quarter-finals, and semi-finals no clubs will be seeded.
KEY: * = team started in 1st qualifying round ** = team started in 2nd qualifying round *3 = team started in 3rd qualifying round *4 = team started in 4th qualifying round @3 = team from qualifying round 3 of the Champions League @4 = team from qualifying round 4 of the Champions League # = team from group stage of the Champions League